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v I M An Attractive Proposition! The F*eople@ Building & Loan Association Oaffney, O. * Invites Yeur Attention To The Subject of “SAVING MONEY." Controlled by caretul men and managed at a minimum expense. It will prove a great benefit to any investor. There can be no safer investment for earnings, and no more favorable opportunity offered for home building than through the medium of this Association. It will enlist the wage earner and business man alike, and serve as a savings institution for the farmer, and *a safe and reliable investment for the later. It will encourage thrift, and in every way promite prosperity in Cherokee county. R. S. Lipscomb, cashier of the Merchante & Planters Rank is Secretary and Treasuier of the Associ - ation, and either he or its President R. M. Wilkins, Vice President J. F. Garrett, or H. K. Osborne, its Attorney will give full particulars. SHEET METAL WORKERS We are ready for business. We do all kinds of Sheet Metal work, Cornice, Fiuials, Cresting, Tanks and anything else you need. All kinds of repair work. We make a specialty of Roofings, Slate, Tin and Metal Shingles, and are prepared to do all work promptly. All work guaranteed. We ask you to share your busi ness with us. Phone 200. : : : : : Yours for business, DUDLEY & WILSON Opposite Ledger Office. Are You Administrator and have the settlement of an estate? If so,^request of the Judge of Probate that youradvertisementibe placed in It haslthe largest circulation of any paper in the Fifth South Carolina Congressional District. THE “LOST COLONY." Gee! How Qoicklv and Neatly We Can Do Job Work It Settled on Roanoko (eland In tha Sixteenth Century. The mystery of mysteries In our American chronicle has been solved at last. The famous “I^ost Colony of Roanoke” has been traced and its de scendauts found in an obscure region where they still retain the ancestral Dames, cherish traditions that explain many of the gaps in history and pre serve customs brought over by their forefathers, who vanished utterly from the ken of the mother country. 1 have been among them and talked With them. The story of the “Lost Col ony” is familiar to every student of American history- It will be remem bered that Queen Elizabeth granted to Sir Walter Raleigh a patent “to" dis cover, searche, Unde out and view such remote, heathen and barbarous lands, countries and territories not actually possessed of any Christian prince.” The tirst expedition landed on Roa noke island July 4 (old style), 1584. but without making any -settlement; a second group gave up in a year and returned; later fifteen men left by Sli Richard Grenville to hold the place were either drowned or massacred. In 1587 the indomitable Raleigh sent out 100 men and seventeen women, with John White as governor. This was the memorable “Lost Colony.” which contrary to Raleigh’s counsel, settled on the ill starred Roanoke island, de scribed as “very sandy and low to ward •the water side, but so full of grapes as the very beating and surge of the sea overflowed them, of which we found such plenty that in all the world like abundance Is not to be found.” / In August, 1587, the colonists need ing supplies and other necessaries, the governor was, “through their extreme entreating, constrained to return to England.” Before he could get hack the great war with Spain broke out. In 1580 Raleigh sent two ships with Governor 'White, but Spanish war ves- se's boarded, rifled and drove them hack. It was in 1591 before another attempt could be made. This time Governor W r hite reached Roanoke. He describes what happened in phrases of unconscious poetry, giving a strangely vivid picture of the loneliness of the new world and the “Lost Colony." “We let fall our Grapnel neere tho shore & sounded with a trumpet a Call, A afterwardes many familiar English tunes of Songs and called to them friendly; but we had no answere.” Governor White gave up the search, and nothing more is known of him. Raleigh, ruined financially, having spent $200,000 on bis cojony without a penny of recompense, turned over his grants to the London company, with the advice that they seek to colonize Chesapeake bay, and later the settle ment at Jamestown was made. Ra leigh urged the new colonists to seek the old, but both the Croatans and the colonists had totally disappeared. I first heard the tradition of the present existence of Raleigh’s “Lost Colony" here at Manteo, named after the old chief who went to England and was made “lord of the island of Roanoke and Dnsainongueppc,” the first of all American titles.—Appleton's Magazine. Big Claim For a Mustache. Herr Borel, a merchant, brought an action In the high court of Prague, claiming £25o damages from a former friend named lira gone, who had dip ped off the ends of his mustache with a pair of scissors at a carnival ball. Twelve witnesses called by Herr Bo rel described in glowing terms the mag nificence of his mustache. It was the heaviest and longest In the country and when waxed reached from shoul der to shoulder. It was stated that now Hear Borel was so ashamed of his altered appearance that he avoided the public view, and his business suffered in consequence. The court decided in favor of Dragone on the ground that the net complained of had been done in Jest and no damages bad been prov ed. If Heir Borel bad lost a chance of getting a rich wife through the mutila tion of bis mustache thin might have counted for legal damages. He was, however, married, and bla wife had no ground for a divorce In his altered ap pearance, even if she desired one.— London Express. Dewitt’s Little Early Risers don’t sicken or gripe. Small Pllla, easy to take. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. CONSOMME FOR SHAVING. American Comedian Telle of Hie Die- covery Made In Italy. It seemed impossible that there could be two setting suns. Still as I looked out of the window of the Hotel Regina lobby across to the Tulleries the other evening there they were, two of them—I counted them—writes the Paris correspondent of the New York Herald. One red luminary came into the hotel. I pinched myself, be cause such things are bad signs. And the golden setting sun approaching re solved itself into James T. Powers, with the same hair that would have made him conspicuous on the stage even though he were not a talented comedian. “I just came from Italy," hastily ex plained James, “and down there I made a great discovery. I should be a discoverer, not an actor. This discov ery will affect all civilized men. I was in Milan. I needed a shave. It Is a bad habit, but I stick to it. So I rang the bell for a chambermaid, or femme de chandelier, or whatever you call her. In about ten minutes she came. “ ‘Hot water and towels.’ said I. Fifteen minutes later she came back with the towels. I suggested that hot water was part of the order; hot, you see, I don’t speak Italian. She seemed to understand, though, for she went quick. “Fifteen minutes later she came back with a pitcher of cold water. I c. nnot shave with cold water and ex plained by pantomime. I put a finger in the water, then put It under my arm and sucked it. Any one could un derstand that I had burned my finger. She laughed, said ‘Si, si,’ and went running. “Ten minutes later she came back with a smile a yard wide. What do you think she brought me? A plate of hot consomme! “Well, I shaved with it, and it is all right—better than water. I am going to patent it over home and put Pow ers’ shaving consomme on the market. There are millions In It, my boy, mil lions.’’ NECK SHAVE FOR GIRLS. Fad Started by Young Women of Mo- Koooport, Pa. An exceptionally pretty girl recently «itered a barber shop in Fifth avenue, McKeesport, Pa., and calmly took a seat, says the St. Loula Post-Dispatch. The bootblack dropped a picture pa per and gasped, while the head barber Just missed slicing off the end of a cus tomer’s nose. The girl was promptly on her feet at the call of “Next!” and was in the chair before the barber bad recovered bis mind sufficiently to ask what she wanted. “Hair singe, miss?" he stammered. “No; ahave—neck shave," explained the pretty one. The barber got busy, and the boot- blade looked on with undisguised de light. The wlelder of the razor bad a second female visitor within an hour, and the barbers are of opinion that the McKeesport girls have a new "bug.” Cures Bleed, Bkin Dieses—. Cancer. Greatest Bleed Purifier Free. If your blood Is Impure, thin, dis eased. hot or full humors, If you have blood poison, cancer, carbun cles. eating sores, scrofula, eczema, Itching, risings and bumps, scabby, pimply akin, bona pains, catanti, rheumatism, or any blood or skis disease, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Boon nil nor— heal, aches and pains stop and the blood is made pure and rich. Druggists or by ex press $1 per large bottle. Sample free by writing Blood Balm Oo., At lanta, Qa. B. B. B. Is especially ad vised for chronic, deep-seated cases. — it oners efter all else foils. Sold in Gaffney. 8. C., by Cherokee Drug Co. April 8, 1907. 1 year. FOR Up-to-Date JoblPrint- ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. A SYSTEMIC BLOOD POISON UNDERMINES THE HEALTH- LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR DISEASE Malaria comes from the absorption into the blood of germs and microbes which destroy the rich, nutritive qualities of the circulation and reduce it to a weak, watery, disease-spreading stream. The healthy color of the skin is given to it by the millions of little red corpuscles which are in the blood. These hre the carriers of nourishment and health to all parts of the body ; in other words the very life and vitalizing essence of the circulation. The destruction of these corpuscles by the malarial poison takes the color from the cheek, and in the first stages of Malaria we have pale, sallow faces, poor appetite, a bilious condition is set up, and we feel “out of sorts" generally. But Malaria means more than this ; it is a systemic blood poison, which undermines the health and gives rise to innumerable and sometimes serious disorders and diseases if the poison is allowed to remain in the blood. As the blood becomes more and more polluted with the malarial poison, the digestion becomes deranged, chills and fever are frequent, skin diseases, boils and carbuncles, and sores and ulcers break out on the flesh, and after awhile the foundation is laid for other diseases which either prove fatal or permanently undermine and wreck the health. Malaria can only be worked out of the system through the blood. Purging the liver and bowels with Strong, nauseating cathartics can never remove the trouble because they do not reach the blood where the germs are constantly multiplying. The only hope for a cure is a remedy that can destroy the germs and microbes, and neutralize the bad effects of the poison, and S. S. S. is the medicine to accomplish this, because it is a perfect blood purifier and a general systemic remedy of unequalled value. S. S. S. searches out and removes every trace of the malarial poison puts the blood in such rich, healthy condition that sallow, anaemic complexions take on the ruddy glow ^ W W and digestion are righted, the appe tite improved, the system vitalized and strengthened, and every symptom of Malaria passes away. § Malarial persons will find S. S. S. not only a prompt remedy hut a gentle, pleasant act ing one, as well as a certain cure for this disease. Besides removing the cause of Malaria S. S. S. builds up every part of the system by its fine tonic effects. Persons living in a malarial section should, at this season, fortify their systems against this insidious disease by purifying their blood with a course of S. S. S. Book on the blood and any medical advice desired sent free of charge. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GJL Report off Farmers Mutual lasuranca Association (Off Chorokoo County. From August lot, 1906, to August 1st, 1907. Amount Insurance in force August xst, 1906 $411,674.00 Amount net increase over last year 71,070.00 Total Insurance in force August ist, 1907 $482,834.00 Amount cash on hand August ist, 1906 $ 352.31 Amount collected since last report 1,590.50 I r,942.81 Amount expenses paid I 79 34 Amount salaries paid 200.00 Amount losses paid 338.00 Amount loans since last report 1.065.00 Amount cash on hand August 1st, 1907 260.47 $1,942.81 Resources. Cash oo hand August ist, 1907 $ 260.47 Total loans outstanding 1,680.00 Accrued interest on loans 75-85 • $2,016.34 This Association was organized in 1898 with only a few thousand dollars in surance. It now has one-half million dollars actual insurance in force. It has paid out nearly $4,000.00 in losses, and now has over $2,000.00 surplus on hand. The assessments are small and are paid annnally in the fall. Now is the time to insure. J. EB JEFFERIES, R. M. GAFFNEY. Secy, and Traas. President. D. W. Cooper, Ceffney, S. C., and A. Bottis, Grover, N. Cm Agents. HONEST INSURANCE Plain, sure protection to the family at premium rates fixed on I the basts of the actuaries’tables of life expectation, and^therefore, absolutely fair is the only kind of life insurance written by The Southeastern Life Insurance Company of Spartanburg, S. C No “deferred” dividends, no “participating” policies, no schemes for profit, no opening for speculation, no element of scandal, but strict and straight Life Insurance of the kind that takes care of a man’s family by providing an immediate cash estate on his death, the time of all times when they will need it most keenly. It is every man’s sacred duty to carry life-insurance for the benefit of those de pendant upon him, and all men know this. But no South Carolinan need go out of his own State to get it. The Southeastern Life Insurance Company is a home institution, chartered by the State of South Carolina and subject to the South Carolina laws governing Life Insurance. It is directed by men whose homes and interests are in Ibis State. It is an old line, legal reserve. Straight Life Company ofj tae soundest kind, and should have the support of the people of the State. Southeastern Life Insurance Company, ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr. General Agent, Spartanburg, S. C. s Mitr. Mil.. IK* Only A Very Short Time Before we move to our hew store. Come! Come! One and all and let us give you some genuine bargains in Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Underwear, Dress Qoods, Hosiery, Corsets and in every line in the house you can find bargains. SAVE MONEY! SAVE MONEY!! How? By buying your goods from W. J. Wilkins & Co. Buy your Floj ugar, Coffee, Lard and Feed Stuff from & Company